7/10 Astros vs Red Sox @ Fenway

[vegasbob]

Spencer Arrighetti vs Josh Winckowski. A veritable matchup of modestly talented pitchers working for two teams who both need the win

 

Arrighetti's stats are not good ( 4-10; 5.33 ERA ; 1.52 WHIP ), so the somnolent Sox bats , with RISP Friday night, should come alive . Wink will likely lead a parade of 5-6 Sox pitchers who should combine their abilities for a shutout.

 

It is not a must win situation as much as a need to win by Boston to have a shot at this 3 game series, the key to earning a WC place.

 

Slightly odd stat , the Red Sox have had 2 win streaks of 5 games this year, but nothing longer. OTH, they have only lost 4 in a row a couple times, never 5. So as some say, it is not a streaky team, good or bad, but rather more like a red rubber ball bouncing through 2024 , up and down for short bursts. These numbers could be off by 1 but after looking at 114 data points over a 4 month period, I'm not going to recheck.

 

Sorry for the 7/10 date post. I was looking at July's results and didn't clear my internal cache.

Edited August 10, 2024 by vegasbob

[moonslav59]

We have a better record than the Astros, and I won't cry about divisional strength, but these Astros have had more and worse injuries than we have, and they are in first place in the ALW.

 

No Tucker for over 3 months.

No Verlander and a big chunk or the rest of the rotation has been out for most of the year. GS'd:

10 Verlander

7 Javier

5 France

0 McCullers Jr

0 Luis Garcia

0 Jose Urquidy

 

With all this gone, they are still 59-55.

 

[moonslav59]

1. Duran .860 (.933 v R) 1.091 last 4 weeks

2. Abreu .843 (.900 v R) .983 last 4 weeks

3. Yoshida .754 (.810 v R) .847

4. Devers .976 (1.112 v R) 1.072

5. Jansen .703 (1.000 v R w Sox) 1.143

6. Smith .714 (.715 v R) .891

7. Sogard .787 (1.000 v R) .787

8. Rafaela .708 (.706 v R) .716

9. DHam .712 (.734 v R) .646

 

[dgalehouse]

Shouldn't have any trouble scoring runs off this jabroni.

[vegasbob]

Winckowski follows the HR trend to an obvious candidate, Alvarez with 2 outs. ALWAYS playing from behind in the 1st inning. Just being consistent.

[vegasbob]

Shouldn't have any trouble scoring runs off this jabroni.

 

Don't be trashing Josh that way Denny. He is trying hard and people like him

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Nothing wrong with SOX pitchers that 2 out half innings wouldn't fix.

[vegasbob]

Nothing wrong with SOX pitchers that 2 out half innings wouldn't fix.

 

If our guys 1-2-3 in the first, I'll give you the final score today via my proprietary algorithm

 

Sure enough 1-2-3 against a rookie with a 1.52 WHIP. Computer says final score is 7-2 , Astros

 

1-2-3 in the 2nd. Being No-Hit by a jabroni as Denny says.

Edited August 10, 2024 by vegasbob

[vegasbob]

Wink turns in 3 legit innings with 1 run, BUT

 

Other than D Ham's walk and SB, Arrighetti is turning Sox bats to Spaghetti

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

If our guys 1-2-3 in the first, I'll give you the final score today via my proprietary algorithm

 

Sure enough 1-2-3 against a rookie with a 1.52 WHIP. Computer says final score is 7-2 , Astros

 

1-2-3 in the 2nd. Being No-Hit by a jabroni as Denny says.

 

 

The strongest part of any baseball team can go into a slump. The SOX offense is no exception.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Wink turns in 3 legit innings with 1 run, BUT

 

Other than D Ham's walk and SB, Arrighetti is turning Sox bats to Spaghetti

 

 

Based on his high ERA and high WHIP, he must throw a lot of meatballs.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Wink turns in 3 legit innings with 1 run, BUT

 

Other than D Ham's walk and SB, Arrighetti is turning Sox bats to Spaghetti

 

Interestingly enough, the SOX were no-hit by a pitcher named Righetti.

[Oscars]

Based on his high ERA and high WHIP, he must throw a lot of meatballs.

 

Today he’s the second coming of Cy Young…….

[vegasbob]

Want a chaser with cold Narragansett ? Just watch Raffy, Rafaela and Abreu

[d-money]

To play like this at home is so lame . I wish this team was 15 games out so i don’t have to give a s***.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

D. Smith has been playing a very good 1st base defensively.

[vegasbob]

Imagine if Wink and Keller had been on duty last night in the BP , the game would have been won, theoretically. The fact that Boston is pushed into a BP game falls on the FO last March.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

There goes the no hitter and the shutout on one pitch. Edited August 10, 2024 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[vegasbob]

And there goes Killer Keller letting Alvarez create a wonderful souvenir

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Alvarez 2, Jansen 1.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

One more thing about a long baseball season; it separates the real contenders from the eventual pretenders.

[vegasbob]

Add all Sox LH batters to the chaser list. Either Arrighetti is really good or our guys are sleepwalking again.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Not surprised. Many of the outs by Keller were also hit hard.

[vegasbob]

Not surprised. Many of the outs by Keller were also hit hard.

 

Not sure why Keller was used to try and get 4 innings . The 4-1 score is surely surmountable but it is getting late . The HR barrage continues vs Boston

[vegasbob]

Yoshi homers but Devers K's. The approaches could not be more different. It doesn't take long to exit the Devers bandwagon.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Dever was hitting over .300 before this game. Based on his history, I doubt that's sustainable. Edited August 10, 2024 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Not sure why Keller was used to try and get 4 innings . The 4-1 score is surely surmountable but it is getting late . The HR barrage continues vs Boston

 

Resting the BP for the PO's.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

If the SOX finish this season over .500, it will be a major achievement. Hats off to most of the players who've overachieved at this point of the season. And be encouraged by the SOX top prospects, who will be brought up to the 'big show' sometime in the future. Edited August 10, 2024 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

If I had to pick my most memorable SOX offensive moment this season, it would be Masa's 2-run homer with 2 outs against the Yankems in the 9th to tie the game.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

If offense was 90% of the game, the SOX would be in 1st place.